Director of Athletics

Nigel Mullan

Nigel Mullan took the helm of the Briercrest College and
Seminary athletic department, as Athletic Director, during the
summer of 2012.

"I am excited for the opportunity to take what is there
and shape and mold and hopefully further our efforts as a
department," Mullan said.

Furthering the success of the department is exactly what is
expected of Mullan.

"Nigel has significant success as a coach and has demonstrated
capacity to coach at the highest levels of ACAC," Merrill Dyck,
Briercrest's VP overseeing Athletics, said. "Also, over the past
two years he has shown tremendous potential and performance as an
Associate Athletic Director."

"I don't think there is any question that Nigel has the skills
and the talents and the gifts to excel. He has excelled at
everything he has done and there is no sense here that he won't
succeed at this."

The new Athletic Director will continue to coach the men's
volleyball team and help the other coaches recruit and train teams
that can reach the same level of success at the national and ACAC
levels.

"I have interest and desire to see all the teams succeed and get
to the level that we want to be at," Mullan said.

Dyck added that Mullan's job is to build upon the foundation
that prior Athletic Director Stan Peters built.

"Nigel's job is not to change our vision but to reach it," he
said. "Stan did a tremendous job of setting the vision, of setting
the direction. Nigel's phase of the journey is to increasingly
realize that, to build a program that is known for athletes who are
successful on and off the field of competition."

Peters thinks Mullan has the passion and abilities needed to
lead the athletic department.

"It's time for the guys in the athletic department to step
forward," Peters said. "Nigel's been in his role for at least eight
years and it's time for him to take the challenge of leading the
department."

"He needs a chance to run with it."

Dyck agrees that Mullan is ready.

"We need a continuing stream of talent into leadership and what
we see in Nigel is this high talent, high capacity individual that
we just need to have in leadership."

About Briercrest

Briercrest College and Seminary is a community of rigorous learning that calls students to seek the kingdom of God, to be shaped profoundly by the Scriptures, and to be formed spiritually and intellectually for lives of service.